A teaser video hinted that a Cyan Lumia 920 was incoming, and indeed the AT&T press release says the phone will be available in "red, white, black, yellow, and cyan".

AT&T announced that the second-rung Lumia 820 would also be coming to its network. But if you're in the mood for the Lumia 820, hopefully your favorite color is black, because that is the only color that handset will be carried in, for now.

Olivier Puech, president of Nokia Americas, cheered the pickup, stating, "We welcome AT&T's decision to offer the Nokia Lumia 920 and Nokia Lumia 820, which, when added to what we've witnessed in other markets, underscores the momentum behind our Lumia devices and the broader Windows ecosystem. Our continued collaboration with AT&T is an important component for Nokia's success in the U.S. market."

However, the exclusivity agreement may draw ire from customers and investors alike, as it inherently limits sales of the handset in the U.S. at a time when Nokia desperately needs to prove its Windows Phones can hold their own with the iPhone and Android.

I don't understand this. How much is AT&T paying Nokia to go exclusive with them? Can it possibly be more than the expected revenue from launching simultaneously on every major and minor carrier in the country? That doesn't seem possible. I'm interested in Windows Phone and the Lumia 920 looked pretty good but I would rather get a GoPhone than sign a contract with AT&T.

My guess would be the following:* AT&T offered Nokia $$$* Limited availability / production yield and it will launch on more carriers once production is at full capacity (around the time the exclusivity expires)* Nokia launches a 920 Maxx model in a few months that is available on other carriers (original remains AT&T exclusive)* No need to support CDMA for initial offering* An AT&T exec might have false hopes of a return to the days when the iPhone was hot and only on AT&T

Is this not an actual exclusive deal between both companies? Has it been confirmed or not? Because i think you might be right about limited availability .

If it's an exclusive deal it makes no sense at all though. It's always like this with WP phones. You either cant get them at all in your country or just one or two carriers have them. And then people say WP dont do well. It's obviously not because of the OS, thats great and gets great reviews and the best user feedback. It's simply because people CANT GET WP7/8 phones.

Do you really think Windows Phone market share is going to grow? Lol. It's on version 8. EIGHT. And still nobody buys it. How many versions do you need before you realize that a turd is a turd, no matter how much you polish it.

Other little whiny dicks like you were bitching same shit about Xbox a few years ago, so don't yet count WP8 off. I found that it indeed crossed off items from my required feature list and finally became on par with Android and iOS feature wise. The only thing it lacks is some native 3D games from iOS/Android and really nice screens like in Galaxy Note. The rest is there. Even the screen size issue is not that horrible given that ATIV S sports 4.8" screen which is very close to ideal size of 5.5" I don't see reasons why WP8 won't take off given that a) Nokia is really pushing the bar higher now with some slick stuff that iOS and/or Android don't have and b) MS is bringing out its own high end WP8 phone next year, to make the platform even more appealing.

So maybe you should plug your hole and wait for a while before you start whining and bitching again?

Damn not for me. I dont want that in my pocket and I sure dont want to be seen holding it up to my face talking on it. These giant phablets or whatever are not for everyone. How the hell to you exercise with a 5.5 inch phone in your pocket?

I really don't understand it. I've actually been waiting for this thing after verge managed to get a legitimate test of the camera. Now I can't even buy one at launch since I'm attached to verizon. Their market share is already small and now they've cut off a massive addressable market.

I couldn't agree more. I was really hoping the 920 would come to VZW. Looks like I'm going with the ATIV or the 8X.

Of course there is one small sliver of hope. The Lumia 820 is rumored to launch on VZW as the 822. If that's the case then we could see the 920 launch on VZW as the 922. I kind of doubt it but that would still technically give ATT exclusivity on the 920... We can hope anyway.

Ideally I wanted Verizon but I'm OK with AT&T they wired my office so I will get a signal everywhere in my office.

Verizon is defiantly the top dog but AT&T isn't bad. I get a corporate discount on either.

I just need to get off Sprint ever since they decommissioned a number of towers they have added two dead spots on my way home basically singed their death warrant with me and because of it I can leave my contract early I'm told.

AT&T isn't bad? They charged my aunt $51 on her land line for making a 9 minute phone call overseas. They jacked up my internet bill $10 a month without telling me anything about why. Then when I called them to complain, their manager was very rude to me and cancelled my internet service. My dad decided to try out AT&T's internet service. They started it up then 2 months later, they drop him without reason. He calls up and asks why. They told him it's because he owed them a "little" bit of money from years ago. He asked them why they didn't just add it to his next bill or at least send him a letter. They didn't need to cancel his service the way they did. They have really bad business practices and my family, friends and I will never use AT&T ever again!

Overall Im sorry to hear that whenever Ive been with AT&T in the past its been a good experience. The only downside is when they decided to discontinue thier VOIP service and I had to sadly go back to Vonage for a little while. AT&T Voip as Rock Solid as SunRocket until they closed thier doors and took my phone number with them while I was job searching.

For the record Im on Ooma now. Once I got the upload/download settings right its been really solid. On a very rare occasion it will reboot - possibly firmware update on me when Im doing something online. But thats happened maybe 3 times in a year. It could also be Time Wonder Internet service messing with things.

I've never had any issues with AT&T billing or service or anything like that. LTE coverage is great and HSPA+ coverage is great in my area. Better signal in buildings and basements than Verizon any day here. I think its a shame that they don't offer unlimited data anymore, but the network and customer service has been flawless for me for 9+ years.

Unless you're month-to-month after your contract expired, the only other service option for smartphones from AT&T is 'GoPhone' service. To use a smartphone with it you have to add a data package, so while you daren't limited to a low-end 'GoPhone', GoPhone is the only non-contract phone service AT&T offers.

Straight Talk is an MVNO and isn't a plan on AT&T's website. Also...compare coverage maps, you might be surprised. (Like all MVNOs, the coverage isn't the same as direct AT&T coverage - in this case the 'Android coverage' is pretty small.)

The real thing to wonder about is why anyone in their right mind would. When signing a contract and getting an expensive smart phone for free or cheap, part of your month by month contract price goes to paying off the phone. Once it is paid off, in theory your phone bill should drop the $5 or $10 a month it was costing to pay off your phone. In the U.S. no carrier works like this though (not just AT&T) so it makes no sense at all to go month by month without a contract on the big carriers unless you are on some super elite plan that is not offered anymore (such as if you require unlimited data - for example I have a line with a smartphone on it with $10 / month unlimited data which is awesome).

And AT&T no contract month-to-month is called 'GoPhone.' Maybe you think that makes it arguing semantics, because that's simply AT&T's marketing name for it. But proving Pirks wrong is worth it. (The exception is month-to-month off an expired contract, which I already mentioned.) derp.

Perhaps it is a hardware issue. Maybe they don't want to make models with multiple antennas, thus limiting them to AT&T. Who knows. Either way it sucks. The main thing that held back the iPhone until last year was being limited to one carrier, and that platform is a massive success. Microsoft is coming from a position of weakness and needs all the help they can get, which means also being available on Verizon, Sprint, etc etc.

Have you not noticed that the rest of the world functions within the GSM-LTE standards. Verizon with a CDMA network is not seen as a high priority, since you got to refit the production lines for that particular network basebands.

World 95% > Verizon 5%

The limited availability at launch of a high end device is always at a premium.Plus, it doesn't help that AT&T paid Nokia for the exclusivity.You can always get the Lumia 822 or and HTC 8X with Verizon.

I wish more people realized this...I would never give a CDMA network my money for that simple fact that they are CDMA. I would by a microcell with a GSM carrier if I lived in an area with marginal service before going with a CDMA carrier due to their locked down network and devices.

Carrier exclusives can suck my balls. I was all set to get a 920 for my wife in November, but we are on Verizon since ATT doesn't work at our house (despite being in their DFW home market). I haven't yet seen any other interesting high end Win8 phones (can't do HTC since we bought two Thunderbolts during the last upgrade that were a total disaster). Bollocks!